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Whenever anyone scoffs at Poole’s contention that he can take deer at hundreds of yards, he just points to the three deer he killed last season. Every one was from right at 500 yards or better.

Practice makes perfect

January 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

It takes more than proper equipment to make deer die at extreme ranges, so time on the range is a critical part of the equation. […]

Stability a must

January 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

Making long shots absolutely requires a rock-solid shooting platform.

“No person is going to free-hand one and hit one, that’s for sure,” Joe Poole said. “I’ve never shot a deer free-hand past 250 yards and hit it, and that was when I was young.” […]

Guides and hunters on there way to set up for a hunt.

Catfishing for Waterfowl

January 1, 2012 John J. Woods

It’s 31 degrees outside with a stiff northern breeze kicking up adding to the wind chill. There is a dusting of snow from last night covering the ice left over from the previous weekend. […]

While his shooting-stick contraption works well, whenever possible Poole uses an MTM Shoulder Gard Rifle rest on the hood of his truck. That setup is like shooting from a bench.

Nuts and bolts of shooting distances

January 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

OK, so you’ve got the right rifle, scope and bullet. You’ve added a good, solid rest. Now you’re looking at a deer through the scope at 500 yards, and the crosshairs won’t sit still. […]

Successful duck hunters at Tallahatchie Hunts come from all over the country and world.

The question always comes as to why Tallahatchie County is poised to be such a great place for waterfowl hunting. If you could just do a flyover of this county during the duck season, the answer would quickly become obvious. […]

Community scrapes can be located in visible areas – especially where whitetails congregate over nutritious food sources. Despite light hunting pressure and whitetails being somewhat active during daylight hours, research has shown that the majority of scraping behavior is nocturnal.

The Community Scrape

January 1, 2012 Tommy Kirkland

In search of vegetative foliage, five bucks — a mature 8-pointer, a 3½-year-old, two spunky spikes and a curious button buck — go single file along the forest edge, ascending a bluff. Occasionally the group stops to forage; yet one of the spikes and the button buck, by instinct, prefer to assertively test their status with bouts of mock sparring. […]

Cover: January 2012

January 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

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Water and food are the two essential elements that draw ducks to Tallahatchie County.

Duck hunting potholes

January 1, 2012 John J. Woods

Virtually all of the waterfowl hunting done in Tallahatchie County with Catfish Flautt is over small water-holding areas and assorted water resources duck hunters have always referred to as potholes. These “open waters” are not lake size by any means; potholes can be everything from a small depression in a field of corn or soybeans to a low-lying area along a creek, bayou or slough. […]